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September 2012

The minus and plus of martial law

By | Punch Forum

Tiburon 19 Sept 2012   Think about it – Martial Law The imposition of Marcos’ Panzerfaust have its positive and negative sides. THE NEGATIVE SIDE . . . To the hardcore left-wingers like Jun Velasco, it was the unacceptable assault on freedom, the “Constitution” he and his fellow Pangalatots kept…

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The minus and plus of martial law

By September 19, 2012Punch Forum

Who is city’s target?

By | Punch Forum

Pepingbonuan 16 Sept 2012   Re: 1st Dagupan tourism congress set Sept. 14-16 Wish they could invite their targeted audience so they could dial in with a telephone number. We get interactive inputs from all over the world using modern media. Close the gaps and facilitate the path to open…

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Who is city’s target?

By September 18, 2012Punch Forum

Editorial

By | Editorial, News

Not taking the gamble DAGUPAN’S Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) bears watching on how it will decide on a business enterprise’s application for a franchise to operate online gambling in the city. Considering the extent of illegal gambling in the city – with jueteng cum jai-alai (jai-teng), drop-ball, and hataw thriving in many…

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Editorial

By September 17, 2012Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

Fire sale of MC Adore set By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE is another potential complaint that will be filed vs. Mayor Benjie Lim, members of the Appraisal Committee, the city assessor and the Judas 9 before the Ombudsman. The expected fire sale of the MC Adore property will be another…

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Punchline

By September 17, 2012Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

Ermin braved Martial law’s guns “The highest reward to a man’s toil is not what he gets from it, but what he becomes by it.” — John Ruskin WE recall on Friday, September 21 – albeit grudgingly – the terror of Proclamation 1081 declaring in l972 the entire archipelago under Martial…

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Think about it

By September 17, 2012Archives, Opinion